Government not adopting expanded extremism definition, security minister says

Security minister Dan Jarvis, who has said a leaked report on expanding the definition ‘does not and will not represent Government policy’ (UK Parliament) - (PA Media)

The Government is not adopting the findings of a leaked report which called for environmentalists and the far-left to be branded extremists, the security minister said.

A leaked copy of the “rapid analytical sprint on extremism” commissioned by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper in August following the summer riots suggested widening the definition of extremism to cover a wider range of groups.